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A new reference genome for Sorghum bicolor reveals high levels of sequence similarity between sweet and grain genotypes: implications for the genetics of sugar metabolism
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Complete genome sequence of Jiangella gansuensis strain YIM 002T (DSM 44835T), the type species of the genus Jiangella and source of new antibiotic compounds
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JGI Launches Latest Strategic Plan
For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one … “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA sequence to the public data repositories over its now 20-plus-year … dedication event of the Integrative Genomics Building—the new home of the JGI and KBase in the heart of the Lab’s …
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The Power of One, Amplified
A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics … showed that single cell genomics can add significant value to the other commonly used culture-independent sequencing … another might exhibit few limitations to interactions and new connections, thus sharing more ideas, similar to the …
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Forming Scientific Connections and Building Community
… pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … workshops, data carpentry hackathons, and also made new friends while working on their summer projects. Watch the short video here to see what they had to say about their experiences and what …
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Katherine Louie
Dr. Louie joined the JGI in 2014 to develop the metabolomics program, and in 2019 became Platform Lead where … her team work with other JGI scientists in development of new, advanced mass spectrometry research products such as … Sci Rep. 2013;3: 1656. … Education … Selected Publications …
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Two new high-resolution crystal structures of carboxysome pentamer proteins reveal high structural conservation of CcmL orthologs among distantly related cyanobacterial species
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Supercharging SIP in the Fungal Hyphosphere
High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria … to vastly reduce labor and improve results. Applying this method to the study of a particular fungi, researchers …
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Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world's oceans: calls to validate the names ‘Nitrosococcus halophilus’ and ‘Nitrosomonas mobilis’
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Characterizing Communities: JGI Announces Latest CSP Portfolio
Proposals aim to sequence and annotate genomes from Antarctica to Africa … Nearly 200 Terabases of data are expected to be generated for the accepted proposals, said Susannah Tringe, JGI User Programs Deputy. “These new CSP projects accelerate our efforts to characterize …
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For the Tiniest Archaea, A Genomic Switch of Friend or Foe
Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine … are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the … are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers …
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Fields of Breeders’ Dreams: A Team Effort Toward Targeted Crop Improvements
Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … breeders aren’t interested in waiting decades to develop new crops. One example is an ongoing collaborative effort to … plants to address these questions.” Multiple collection methods were applied to gather the diversity of switchgrass …
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